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How to use relief in a sentence

It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.

Several suggestions for the relief of the country bank have come to their notice.

But she kept the same tone, and its tender archness only gave a greater sweetness to his sense of relief.

CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES

And now everybody turned out with a feeling of intense relief to witness the rejoicings on the village green.

So with its completion, he wrapped it carefully, and sent it to a Chicago publisher, while he sighed with relief.

It was not, however, through any of these artificial means that real relief was brought to the community.

And the next day, to his great relief, Grandfather Mole found his sunshade in the same spot.

The relief that I find is for your Majesty to be pleased to order strictly that the regulations made in regard to it be obeyed.

His entire being now relaxed itself; and his physical system found relief in long, deep sighs.

THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD

It nettled him; it broke down his habitual composure, and it was a relief to him when the conference came to a close.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985